sandbed

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noun

A thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially.

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Meanings

nounsandbed (plural sandbeds)

plural sandbeds

  1. A thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially.

    There are also less commonly observed mollusks, such as pelagic heteropods, thecostomes, pteropods, and gymnosomes that live in the open sea, worm like solenogasters that live on reefs, and scaphopods that build tusk-like shells and live in sandbeds.

    2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 87
  2. The bed into which the iron from a blast furnace is run.

Origin

From sand + bed.

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APA

sandbed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandbed

MLA

“sandbed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandbed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sandbed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandbed.

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